The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1887-08-19
would give IS exact language.
THE WILMINGTON STAR

Our worthy contemporary, the
Wilmington Stor, answered our
questions completely to our satisfac~
ton from its standpoint. The Star
1t seems to US failed to comprehend
the full scope and meaning of oar
ques,ions. We never dreamed Of or
intended to ask the Star or any
other Democrat or white man South
whether it would not be wrong to
support Mr.. Cleveland in case he
should receive the nomination from
tie Democratic party in 1888. This
question has never entered our mind
and we have never alluded to It III
our paper as regards Ourself. We
nave never failed to aid in eXtln
gushing the flames when the house
vas on fire. The meaning Of our
question was this, ought not life long
Democrats to do all in their power
honora tie to defeat the renomiaa-
ton OF q man, who was not in accord
with the principles Of the party as
they understood them, and whom
they honestly believed would be de
faatad if nominated. Unlike the
STIR and other Democratic journal,
we don't think it is fixed tina. Cleve
land will be the nominee Of the
uafty. But if every body WHO IS
opposed to his denomination shall
Ike the Star and other papers sur
r,nder and Cease to woIk for his de-
fat of course he will be nomi mated.
/ We think his undomOcratic ways
ought to be exposed by every Demos
crat from now until the next Nation
al Convention meets and up until the
minute the nomination is made and
/ if then with ali the information aud
/ tie lights before Us he should re
ceiye the nomination of the organic
! cd Democracy of the country, none
7 hut traitors could refuse to support
aim. If two cups of hemlock are
] presented with the information til at
/ the one Will be sure to kill and tina
/ tie other may not, we should un-
/ hcsitat!nglY take the one possessing
! tie chanccs of life. But we were in
hopes and are still in hopes that
/ derneT resort Will never come to
pass. Hundred of Democratic
papers and Thousand Of Democratic
speakers all oyer the land have de-
nounced BIZ, Cleve!and's civil service
policy, his financial policy, his negro
7 policy and his policy in managing
! the District of Columbia and the
territories as severely as we have
Now what we can't understand, Is
this, why have they ceased their de
nOunciatlOns of his undemocraliC
ways and are now denOuncing others
! for their opposition to these very
same features OF bis administration.
If re were convinced that the swi!I
tub hai no part IN changing the views
of our national leaders we could
have more respect for the new con
verts to his policy. But deny tie
fact as we may and as persistentIy
as we NAV, we all know fifty or one
hundred appointments put at the
disposal of member of Congress
w0ald have almost as much to do
with formulating and expressing his
opinions of the administration as q
ten thousand dollar fee would have
over the words, thoughts and opin-
ions of lawyer. If all conversions
to Cleveland are honest and from
convictions, then as YOU say his re-
nomination seems a fOrgOne conc!u-
sj@ns, but if bought over, they may
b FDught again. We thank the
SIR lor Its homes: faithful md able
aHs~er to our question "a it UNDER
s.""j il. We shall disCharge our
du.v IS we understand it to the party
a." country until the battle is join
e1 and then our saber will perform
il usual functions.